Thanks to the announcement of the engagement of two foreign celebrities 2017 ended on a cheery note for many Australians. But while the Harry & Meghan announcement was certainly another speed bump for the ARM, it could easily have been a brick wall. After all, the Royal Ranga’s probably spent as much time down here as in the US, and if his eye had been caught by some elfin Aussie thesp (Rebel Wilson springs irresistibly to mind), my Speccie stablemate David Flint would now be popping the Angas Brut and Peter FitzSimons would be stamping on his bandanna.